Ritz and KVD

[TOM4CWB]

farm_boy,

I had thought that was the case... when we took the CTEAM course... I was told the same in our visits to Ontario.

The CGC has been telling at best half truths on their news releases... with respect to KVD.

There must be something in the water in Winnipeg that has infected the water... when people stay there more than a few weeks... their brains get a quick freeze and stop working!

Some kind of micro_freeze bug... that turns rational people into wimps that are afraid of their own shadows!

[northfarmer]

enough has been said about the technical issues of removing KVD, there are none, we are the only wheat exporting nation in the world using KVD and are share of global markets, and even the high quality ones are getting smaller and not larger....

as for farmers assuming more liability, that will only happen if we let the grain co's (WGEA) shift that liability to us, or if farmers falsely represent the grain they are dumping in the pit for something it is not...that would be fraud and those farmers will and should pay...if i dump what i swear i have dumped, and have my sample to prove it the liability is no longer mine.......quit your fear mongering about change, you are just buying into the agenda of WGEA and the millers who have it best under KVD....

as for varieties bring it on, and why not GMO.....credible sources say that GMO wheat will be grown in AUS and US before long, likely is being grown in China now....and not because of herb tolerant...this is driven by disease/drought resistance and other traits.....

seems Ritz is in action mode....bring it on!!!

[agstar77]

We probably will fall behind as our "NEW" government is intent on offloading crop development and gutting government research in favour of the commercial market. I am not particularily picking on our new government, they have just accelerated what the Libranos were doing. Whether we should try to grow cheap grain for the paper tiger of an ethanol industry, is the main question . I would rather grow less for a higher price. No one has proven the long term viability of the ethanol industry. We are still in the food industry and that should be our primary focus.

[LWeber]

Can we fall any further behind than this Aggie?

Where is the fiduciary responsibility of the CWB who keep claiming "a premium" - does that fall to the CWB Board of Directors?

Is there D&O Liability insurance and does the rider says Billions and not Millions?

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US 1 Dark Northern Spring Wheat (with a minimum of 300 falling numbers, a maximum of 0.5 part per million vomitoxin, and a maximum of one percent total damage)

12 pct pro $15.45-16.89 up 66 to 170
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14 pct pro $15.61-17.05 up 66-up 170
15 pct pro $15.61-17.05 up 66-up 170

[furrowtickler]

Agslump - we are growing less(bus) for less($) than almost anywhere in the world in regards to hrsw. Take the blinders off and have a look around man!

[farm_boy]

Removing KVD is anything but gutting research, private or public. Under KVD, wheat breeders are essentially forced to select for a multi-gene trait (KVD) that adds no value to a variety.

A bushel of KVD conforming wheat is worth no more than a bushel of KVD non-conforming wheat on the world market (all else being equal). But the research costs behind it are very significant. Not to mention that it very likely came from a variety which yields 10-15% than its international counterpart.

Removing KVD will likely keep our excellent wheat breeders here in Canada rather than pushing them to flee the regulatory burdens here for greener pastures to the south.....or east.......or west.....or north (well, maybe not north).